Month: April 2009
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Slouching Towards Europe: Obama’s Domestic Agenda Undercuts American Exceptionalism
I’ve been pleasantly surprised by President Obama’s steadfastness regarding national security issues. After winning his party’s nomination by promising to surrender in Iraq more quickly than the other Democrats would, Obama has: retained his predecessor’s defense secretary; adopted his predecessor’s timetable for responsible disengagement in Iraq; supported his own rhetoric about the importance of Afghanistan […]
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Abortion Should Be Safe And Legal — But It Stops A Beating Heart
The abortion issue lends itself to extremism. The only logically consistent positions are at the extremes. The pro-life extreme can be summed up in three words: “Abortion is murder.” The pro-choice extreme is more complicated. The mainstream pro-choice movement’s rallying cry of “keep abortion safe and legal” doesn’t come close to being extreme. Something can […]
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Oliphant Takes Dehumanization of Jews into the Mainstream
Clifford May of the indispensable Foundation for Defense of Democracies weighs in on the Oliphant cartoon: Let’s not call the political cartoonist Pat Oliphant an anti-Semite or even an Israel-basher. Let’s just be clear about what he is doing: encouraging those whose intentions are genocidal. … The symbolism here is unoriginal. Dehumanizing Jews in cartoons […]